Scotch bonnets pretty tame?

[5v3d3b0]

I just bought some fresh scotch bonnets at a market and they are bloody delicious, didn't know they'd have such a sweet taste! But they're really not that hot at all… I was under the impression that they should be crazy hot (100-350k according to wiki)
They're red, and the flesh is sweet and only a tiny bit spicy although my girlfriend thought they were far too hot. I munched a couple of seeds too and they pack a bit more heat but still not anywhere near what I was expecting.
Any reason for this that people know of? I want to feel a proper hot one before I start using them in cooking in case I get too brave and have just not been exposed to the proper stuff..

ARIEL: I'm almost half way through that sauce you recommended me and it's great, very hot and tasty. It has become my go to sauce for bagels, chicken and pizza

[The Artist]

They can vary quite a bit. I think freshness may affect the heat quite a bit.

[Boris the spider]

I think this one is really hot

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[arry]

In my experience the orange and yellow ones tend to be the hottest. I can eat them pretty readily but occasionally get caught out and floored for 5 minutes or so.

I make a really good chilli chutney with them as they're about as hot as you can get away with without it becoming an overwhelming taste because they're still relatively sweet on their own.

[Boris the spider]

[arry]

[stinkwheel]

A lot would depend on how well fertilised they were too.

As Arry says, don't get complacent, you will eventually get a rogue one that'll be like someone just hit you in the mouth with a lumphammer.

Last one I had like that was a yellow cayenne, I'd eaten two out of the pack which were so mild, I'd cooked the rest whole in the pan of chilli. The third one caused considerable distress for about 5 minutes followed by a period of dysphoria that lasted a good half hour.
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[arry]

[Boris the spider]

Splendid.

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[yampug]

i find scotch bonnets just about right heat wise, when i make a chilli i usually bung in two packets of scotch bonnet chillies to about 400 grams of mince ocado also do some nice finger chillies that go well in fried rice dishes.

handy guide on the ocado site https://www.ocado.com/catalog/images-hires/64515011_H2.jpg?identifier=a37b3b8ed0bad1707ba2be514cc71f02

[kerr]

I eat one seeds and all, was yellow and didn't taste sweet at all tbh, in fact it was rank and burned the shite out of my mouth followed by my arsehole, my pal video'd i couldn't even string a sentence together
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[sabian92]

I bought one of these for a laugh - "It can't be that hot", I remember saying. I can handle Jalapenos, I can do this. Morrisons had them in for cheap, thought it'd be hot, but I didn't realise how hot.

Cut a sliver of the flesh off to taste it, thought the US had mistaken my mouth for Hiroshima Good Jesus, I thought I was dying. Red eyes, nose streaming and physical pain in my mouth

Had a drink, thought that was the end of that.

An hour later, my partner had to take medication, used the same cup as me and came upstairs with her nose streaming and eyes red (she doesn't do spicy, she can barely tolerate a Korma) moaning at me Apparently the oils from the peppers hangs about a bit.

My fingers also managed to rub my eyes after I'd washed them but apparently not well enough because I got it in my eye and up my nose Teach me to pick my nose I suppose

Never-fucking-again. I didn't even eat the seeds - only the flesh!

Suppose working my way up is probably better than going from Jalapenos to Scotch Bonnets

[Jenks]